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    Sew Elegant

    4.3 (215 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Maria W.

    Had the most amazing experience with Sew Elegant! They altered my dress to perfection. I went in the Monday before my flight to pick it up, after losing some weight (anxiety) before the wedding they made quick alterations for me to pick up by Wednesday before my flight. They were the sweetest and most caring crew I could have asked for.

    It is with a heavy heart that I write this review. Esin seems like a very sweet lady, but unfortunately my dress was butchered in a way that was irreparable. I am including pictures to make it very clear what happened: The dress that I chose featured a floor length sheath skirt with two flanking "wings" of fabric flowing out from the sides into a long train (per pictures 1 and 2). The dress I brought to Sew Elegant was my size and fit me almost perfectly, but we discussed whether it was possible to make the skirt appear just a little more fitted. When I next saw the dress they had cut away most of the front panel of material (which originally wrapped behind the legs to give a fitted "sheath" look) and had attached it onto the wing pieces using two Frankenstein-seams which created two "scars" all the way down the front of the dress, making it into one large skirt instead of the fitted silhouette with wings. It was a very expensive dress and it was utterly ruined. Completely changing the concept of the dress was bad enough, but the fact that what they did made the dress so very ugly made it even more unforgivable. (I should mention that I later learned it is standard practice at a first meeting/fitting to look at the dress and discuss changes, and to then pin the dress to reflect those changes at a second fitting, and that no cutting should ever be done before showing the client what you are planning to do. But they went straight to cutting so that by the second time I saw the dress it was already ruined.) I ended up having to wear it because there was no time (or budget) to find anything else, but I'll never get the day back - or have the opportunity to feel magical in my dress on my wedding day. I'm just really really sad about the whole thing . It also means I can neither hand the dress down to my children or re-sell it. They made no attempt to do anything to compensate me for the damage and instead tried to disclaim all responsibility by saying that was how the dress always was, and/or that was what I had asked for. I read all the great reviews of Sew Elegant before using them and had no hesitation at all in entrusting my dress to them, but unfortunately based on my experience, I would have to strongly discourage anyone from using this business, especially for something like a wedding dress where a mistake like this causes such emotional and financial distress.

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    Bonnie O.

    I love See Elegant. They fit me for my wedding dress and every time I came in for my fitting they made me feel like family. The love, care and precision they put in my dress made me feel confident that I would look great for the big day. Five stars!

    Sew Elegant did an incredible job on my wedding dress!! Esin was a pleasure to work with. I had three fittings at her Midtown studio. She perfectly tailored my Alexandra Grecco gown to my measurements. She was so warm and welcoming, and made me feel at ease during each fitting. I highly recommend her!!

    Alicia C.

    I purchased my dress out of state so I was very nervous when I started the process of looking for a seamstress in NYC. Once I walked in I knew I had found the place. I had the most amazing experience and my dress looked perfect!

    Jia B.

    Esin and team saved my wedding! Our original wedding was rescheduled 3 times because of Covid-19 since spring 2020. The wedding dress store has finished the final alternation in Jay 2020. Naturally almost 2 years later it won't fit me perfectly any more and needs some urgent fix. I brought the dress in 3 weeks ahead of the wedding day and described the situation in tears as I was so sad and desperate!!! Esin and team comforted me and said "We can fix it. Don't worry" And rest assured, my dress turned out to be perfect and I'm very happy that we finally got to celebrate with friends and family with my dream dress that fits me perfectly! Would recommend anyone comes here but would recommend all future brides try on the dress periodically and don't wait till the last month like I did :) Good luck!

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    Incredible alterations. So kind, so helpful, such incredible work! Would recommend to everyone

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    The Sew Elegant team is the best!! My wedding dress was tailored to perfection. Thank you so much!

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    They made my wedding dress a whole new--and better--dress! So lovely to work with, would trust them with anything!

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    The team also completed the alterations extremely quickly and Esin gave me a little amulet to wear on the day.

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    Unfortunately I had a very poor experience here and will not be back…read more For starters you have to enter a fabric shop and descend the stairs in the back of the shop to get to where they do the alterations. The place to change was simply a thin black fabric sheet that was nearly see through strung up next to the water heater/furnace. Needless to say this made me very weary of changing knowing there were many men in the shop just on the other side of the curtain. I had a bridesmaid dress that needed to be hemmed and brought it in without bothering to bring the high heels I intended to wear with it because I was experiencing some foot swelling and they wouldn't have fit my foot at the time to begin with. I immediately addressed this with the person marking the dress and told them my heels were about 4 inches high so to please add on an additional 3- 3 1/2 inches to the height indicated so the dress would still be floor length when I wear the heels. The communication between myself and the person marking the dress was extremely clear and there were even written notes indicating the extra length to be kept on the dress. I was surprised by the price for the hemming, but they justified the dress was 3 layers and I had to pay prior to them doing the work and they even asked for a tip upfront too! I left the shop confident everything would turn out as expected, as I assumed the high price would guarantee a job well done. Within a week the dress was ready for pickup and I check the seems before leaving, but do not bother trying on the dress as I trusted they did exactly as we had agreed upon. The seems did not look very nice to me, a touch sloppy and wasn't completely straight, but at the end of the day I knew no one else would be looking closely so I accepted the dress and left. I tried on the dress at home only to find out it was even shorter than where the markings were during the fitting! Even flat-footed without any shoes on, the dress did not touch the ground. It was a disaster once I put my intended high heels on and it was the equivalent of high-waters but with a dress. In a panic I text or email them and even provide photos. They say I could bring it back, but by that point I only had a few days before the wedding and even if they let out the seems, one inch of fabric was not enough when it was missing at least 3 inches! They did go so far as to offering to purchase me another dress and to redo the hemming which I do think was above and beyond in attempting to make it right, but the dress was a special order color and there was no way to get another one in time. I finally spoke to the bride who just didn't want to risk the dress getting more messed up and asked to keep it as-is and the final resolution I received from the business was just a vague offer to discount a future service, no offer to even partially refund me for the poor work that had already been paid for. I ended up having to wear some much lower shoes and just bend my legs a bit in the photos so my dress looked the same length as the other bridesmaids. Overall my experience here was poor and I wouldn't want to risk another special occasion garment coming out not as expected. With so many other shops offering alterations in the area for a similar or cheaper price point I would choose another place.

    Went here a few months ago to get some suits tailored. Tailor job was good, but the service was…read moresome of the worst I've ever experienced and that alone is enough to make sure I never go back. When I dropped my things off, I was told it would be ready and given a range of days to pick it up. I went by the last day in the pickup range, and not everything was ready yet. I grabbed the stuff that was and asked when my last article would be ready. They again gave me a pickup date. I came by on the second pickup date and the suit was still not ready. I was never notified that the timeframe had changed or anything, they just let me show up and wasted my time twice in a row.

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